just moments ago making landfall in cuba. the storm is over the island s western tip as a major category 3 hurricane with a storm surge that had been forecast up to 14 feet. within hours ian will bear down on florida s west coast with high winds, heavy rains. what really has officials worried in florida and urgently calling for mass evacuations is a huge storm surge expected to peak tomorrow. tampa bay is pretty shallow and is going to be pushing a phenomenal amount of rain up into our bay. there s really no place for this water to go so the flooding, the surge is going to be monumental. while we talk about tampa bay, we really need to focus on the warned area and why the hurricane center is so worried about storm surge is this is some of the most vulnerable coast line in the united states with high populations. meteorologist pedram javaheri is live in the weather center with the latest update. they ve published a new outlook a minute and a half ago. what are they sayin
there tonight. the idaho college murder suspect in court. why it could now take months for him to enter a plea. our nbc exclusive on the possible cause of a nationwide air travel meltdown. we ask secretary pete buttigieg how it could have happened in our one-on-one interview. what he told us. lisa marie presley, the daughter of elvis presley, rushed to the hospital. what we re l learning. and the big move in the burger wars. the beloved chain from out west finally heading back east. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening from washington, where in response to what he calls the extraordinary circumstances, attorney general merrick garland today named a special counsel to look into secret documents found in president biden s delaware home in addition to a washington office he used. extraordinary circumstances may be an understatement with one current and one former president entangled in questions over the alleged mishandling of sensitiv
over the january 6th insurrection. [ chanting hang mike pence ] s. it s over. you better run, cops. [ stop the steal chant ] investigating the violence and the lies that fuelled an attack on this nation s democracy. tonight a january 6th select committee presents its case in prime time involving a former president, his enablers. the committee promises new evidence. what will it mean for america s future? let s start with cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles. and ryan, 1,000 witness interviews. mountains of documents, and a promise that the public will see some things for the first time tonight. walk us through what to expect. well, the first thing is that anybody that watches this hearing tonight should not be prepared to see what they would think of as a traditional congressional hearing. committees are describing it as a multimedia presentation. we re going to see graphics. we re going to see sound bites from witness interviews that t tack place behind closed d
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